LENTON PARR MUSIC VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY

LENTON PARR MUSIC, VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS LIBRARY UPDATE AND RESEARCH DIRECTIONS VICTORIAN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND MELBOURNE CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC ~ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Georgina Binns ~ Faculty Librarian Victorian College of the Arts and Melbourne Conservatorium of Music

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Supporting Researchers • Research Citation Reports to support grant applications • Challenging the normal sources (SCOPUS/Wo. S) to assess non-traditional research outputs • Helping to increase impact – training to create and manage their online profiles • Introduction of compulsory ORCID (Open Research and Contributor ID) for all research active academic staff and research students • Promotion management of research data – Research Data Management Plans

Supporting Researchers can access one-one consultations for assistance: • Literature searching • Database advice • Reference management • Strategic publishing – Directories to identify journals and conferences relevant to areas of research/interest – Alternative publishing models including Open Access journals, The Conversation

Researcher@Library Week University-wide event aimed at University researchers Lenton Parr Library hosted events to support VCA and MCM Researchers in the creative arts: • What’s Data Got To Do With It? A Creative Arts Guide to Organising Your Research • Omeka Workshop • Beyond VCA and MCM: Research and Collaboration - Forum • Alternate metrics: Track Your Research Online • Getting Noticed and Raising Awareness of your Research • Tour of Film and TV School Archive

Researcher@Library Week • Visualise Your Thesis e. Poster Competition • Higher Degree Research students • Competition was an opportunity to educate students: – – Writing for a conference poster Visualisation of research and research data Creating Powerpoint presentations Learn about Copyright and Creative Commons Licensing • Winning entrant was a VCA Ph. D Visual Art student! http: //library. unimelb. edu. au/researcher@libraryweek/competition/submissions/imagination-of-adventure (Also separate powerpoint file)

Learning and Teaching • Embedded scholarly literacy for all Bachelor first year students • Embedded research skills for all Masters and Ph. D programs • Tailored to the creative arts and practicebased research

Artist Book Maker Series Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison

Artist Book Maker Series Angela Cavalieri & George Matoulas

The Future • Buxton Contemporary • $26 m donation – collection and building • Fender Katsalidis Architects appointed to project Howard Arkley, A Large House and Garden, 1997 Image: Michael Buxton Collection

Buxton Contemporary under construction …on a lovely Melbourne day

The Future • New visual arts wing in refurbished former mounted police stables • $42 m project

And a refurbished library by 2019… • Melbourne Conservatorium of Music moves to Southbank = Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library moves too. • Existing library space to be expanded (sadly not into the state of the art new “Con”!)

Thankyou Georgina Binns gbinns@unimelb. edu. au And the team @ Lenton Parr: Julie Cohen Leena Riethmuller Ashley Sutherland Mary Stone Warick Harvey Kelli White